My grandpa had one of these when I was growing up ... then I saw one in a leather store many years ago, and thought it would be a great way of keeping my change from beating up my PDA (back then, I carried a PDA in one pocket, and a phone in the other ... ha!) ... but alas, I somehow left it lay at a casino several weeks ago ... not a huge loss, because it was starting to fall apart ... so I did some searching and came upon these ... the price was right, so I bought both light and dark brown (wasn't sure which I would prefer, and now I have a spare) ... a bit stiff out of the box, as one would expect, but is already softening up after just a few days ... I'm very pleased!